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"If he has x billions of dollars he should give x billions of dollars" is what I get out of the comment. 33 million dollars is going to buy a truckload of TI c
by oxide 9y ago
"If he has x billions of dollars he should give x billions of dollars" is what I get out of the comment.
33 million dollars is going to buy a truckload of TI calculators and other mandatory essentials.
- codezero 9y agoYou and the other commenters are correct. I’m feeling quite guilty of being as cynical as I often accuse others on HN of being.
- oxide 9y agoYou're strong enough to admit it, so feel less guilty. I'm as cynical as anyone else, but you do have to step back occasionally and see nice things for what they are: nice.
- codezero 9y agoI see this as very beneficial but I consider nice to be a very different thing. With that said I have a bad record on being reasonable so let me revisit this tomorrow after I’ve slept on it :)
- yesenadam 9y agoYes :-) I was trying really hard not to say something negative. But the guy's calculations appear to be out by a factor of 100, was my point.
- codezero 9y agoYep. Way off. Thanks for calling that out in a very direct and courteous way. I didn’t deserve that.
- yesenadam 9y agoWelcome. + I'm as scared of downvotes as the next guy :-)
- codezero 9y agoHN would be a very different place if downvotes weren’t a threat. TBH I’m not sure whether that is good or bad. I’ve seen many threads go way down into a place that makes me sick and others that get stifled because the view is dissenting. More concerning are the threads that never happen because smart people know not to even bother getting into it. On average I think things are OK though :)